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Your support makes all the difference.Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop, is launching a publishing company to reflect her world view. As yet, Anita Roddick Publications has just four members of staff, including Ms R and daughter Justine, and will publish a handful of books a year. The first two, due for June, are aimed at "educated women aged 30 to 65". Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits by Brooke Shelby Biggs, a friend of Roddick's, is described as "a spiritual activist's handbook", while A Revolution in Kindness is a collection of essays and quotes about changing the world through kindness, edited by Roddick. Who said that the Sixties were over?
¿ With Nelson Mandela's memoir Long Walk to Freedom being filmed, the story of his cell-mate Walter Sisulu will fill in the gaps in South Africa's history. In Our Lifetime, "the story of a political marriage", recounts not only Walter's contribution to the struggle but also that of his wife, Albertina. It will be told by their daughter, Elinor Sisulu – a child of apartheid if ever there was one. Little, Brown, Mandela's publisher, will release it this autumn.
¿ Those seeking an alternative to Waterstone's will be delighted by the Easter opening of the London Review Bookshop. At 14 Bury Place, it is within spitting distance of the British Museum. LRB publisher Nicholas Spice, knows that he's entering a competitive world, but aims to run "the best small independent in London".
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